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Fig ure 13a Clifford Ashley reported that this Figure 13b
form “…holds the bowline
together in such a way as to
lessen the danger of it capsizing,
Double which is liable to occur when a
nipping loops single bowline is carelessly
increase the drawn up.”
overall surface
area acting to
grip and
stabilise the
bight.
“ABoK #1013” (detail) “ABoK #1013” (regular)
Figure 14a Figure 14b
A clever improvement of
“ABoK #1013” devised by
Dan Lehman.
Discovery date circa 2002.
Double
Nipping loops Binding loop
3 rope diameters
inside the nipping
loop
End Bound Double End Bound Double
Bowline (EBDB). Bowline (EBDB).
[Detail view]
[Conventional view]
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